Over the last four years, Canadians have tried but failed to reach constitutional agreements that would have accommodated Quebec within the federation.

What sealed the constitutional agreement, however, was a growing realization of common interests.

Two years ago a similar constitutional agreement, the so-called Meech Lake accord, was at hand.

This would result in the Allaire Report and a promise to hold a referendum on sovereignty or a new constitutional agreement by 1992.

The constitutional agreement came as violence continued across the country, with American and Iraqi forces battling insurgents in central and northern Iraq.

A4 Quebec's constitutional agreement with the rest of Canada may not be ratified without major changes.

Although fairness is a prerequisite for any constitutional agreement, no one must stop the current process of integration.

Although fairness is an essential condition for any constitutional agreement, no one can now halt the current developments in the process of integration.

Primarily because this constitutional agreement would establish a model that is equally attractive to the existing and the new Member States alike.

It doesn't mean they'll actively stop it from happening if there is a historic constitutional agreement.